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Critiques

Putting public query and first page critiques on pause

July 11, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

Over the years I’ve done hundreds of query and first page critiques, and I have to be honest that I’m losing some steam on them. Particularly with the query critiques, I feel like I’m running out of ways to say variations of “needs to be more specific!” and “losing sight of what is and isn’t […]

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“Eleven and up” isn’t a genre (query critique)

June 6, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your […]

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Let scenes unfold (page critique)

May 30, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: If you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your redline compares […]

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Avoid catch-all terms (query critique)

May 23, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your […]

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Draw us in with vivid details (page critique)

May 16, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: If you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your redline compares […]

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Don’t tell an agent your novel has crossover appeal (query critique)

May 9, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your […]

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